“You are always going to get different opinions, but I think people know where the club has been.

“The board, the supporters and the players are together.

“It is a long-term plan and we have got to put down strong foundations.

“I get mocked about that comment, but we have to. If we spend £20m on a striker, that is not the way Rangers will get the long-term health and wellbeing of the club.

“Rangers have to get back to the top and stay there.”

Gers currently trail Celtic by 16 points and Warburton is desperate to provide some much-needed festive cheer for the fans with a derby win. He said: “It’s from the point of view of the
supporters, who have been magnificent.

“This is our fourth home sell-out in a row. The backing we’ve received has been first class and if we can give them a victory that would be fantastic.

“For the players, it would mean taking 16 points out of 18 going into the break. That would be tremendous.

“To cement second would be tremendous.

“The positives are countless but the fact is we want to give our supporters a great day out on Saturday.

“We’ve also had only one defeat at home, in the League Cup, over 18 months. That is a strong record. Anyone would agree with that. We want to protect it, that’s for sure.”

MARK WARBURTON insists he would have no hesitation thrusting Philippe Senderos back into Old Firm action.

With Lee Wallace and Clint Hill struggling to make tomorrow’s Ibrox clash, the Gers boss faces a defensive crisis.

Swiss international Senderos has been trusted to make just one appearance since being red-carded on a nightmare debut in Rangers’ 5-1 defeat at Parkhead in September.